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Re: [oletrucks] Abrasive suggestions for blaster

To: "Border, Ryan" <rborder@fcxena.fc.hp.com>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Abrasive suggestions for blaster
From: Thomas Allen <thomasa@halcyon.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:38:30 -0700
Strain the sand through a cheap, plastic window screen also available at HD.

Tom Allen
51 3800

At 04:26 PM 8/27/99 -0600, Border, Ryan wrote:
>Hi guys, a quick question:
>  I've got a pressurized sandblaster from Harbor Freight, and a compressor
>which seems to be up to the task of driving it.  But, I'm wondering if you
>all have any suggestions as to what I ought to blast with.
>  Up until now, the best thing I've found is a brand of "play-sand",
>available at a local hardware store.  I've found that the brand does matter-
>the "play-sand" at the local Home Depot wasn't nearly uniform enough,
>causing all sorts of clogging problems.
>  Even the best stuff I found still causes me lots of woes.  Either the tip
>or the outlet valve (out of the tank) clogs very regularly.  I'm lucky to
>get more that ~15s of blasting in before having to go unclog something.
>There has to be a better way.
>  What do you guys use, and where do you get it?
>
>Thanks-
>Ryan.
>
>Oh yeah: my applicaions range from stripping multi-layers of paint from body
>panels to cleaning rust off of heavy metal.
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 
Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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